Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202440756 - Employee Falls and Burns His Arm in Hot Tar Bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 202440756 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/26/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307456285	03/25/2005	1761	238160	Davis Roofing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on 26 February 2005, an employee, a journeyman roofer, was hot mopping up on a roof when he lost his balance. He put his left hand back to break his fall, and his gloved-left hand went into the mop cart bucket that was about a third full of hot tar. The employee drove himself to the UCI Medical Center in Orange, California, where he was admitted and hospitalized in the Burn Ward for 5 days with second and third degree burns to his left forearm.

Keywords: BURN, ROOFER, FALL, ARM, LOST BALANCE, ASPHALT, CHEMICAL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307456285			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Roofers

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